Gluten-free Cookies

These gluten-free chocolate shortbread cookies are a year-round favorite of mine. They offer up an intense buttery chocolate flavor that’s unlike any other cookie I’ve baked. You’ll want to splurge on the best quality butter and chocolate you can afford for these as those two ingredients are what gives these cookies their richness….

Every year, since I was a little girl, I’ve made Merry Christmas Cookies. You roll them out, bake them, and decorate them with frosting and hand-tinted sugar and sprinkles. Flavored with honey, they’re a unique little cookie that is the essence of the holidays for me. In high school, I’d invite friends over to help me decorate, sharing the tradition….

Earlier this year, when my friend Rachel told me about the 100 Hours Project, where you use these beautiful cards as an offline way to hold yourself accountable for spending more time doing something you love, it was a no-brainer to choose baking. If I’m not in the kitchen baking cookies, I’m talking about them on twitter, or pinning them on Pinterest, or thinking about what I’m going to bake next. I learned how to bake from watching my grandma and mom in the kitchen, and put on the apron solo while I was in high school, perfecting cream puffs and taking over the annual holiday cookie-baking extravaganza….